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Understratums :: Understratums (pl. ) of Understratu.

Cledge :: Cledge (n.) The upper stratum of fuller's earth.

Lay :: Lay (n.) That which lies or is laid or is conceived of as having been laid or placed in its position; a row; a stratum; a layer; as, a lay of stone or wood..

Outlier :: Outlier (n.) A part of a rock or stratum lying without, or beyond, the main body, from which it has been separated by denudation..

Trouble :: Trouble (v. t.) A fault or interruption in a stratum.

Scagliola :: Scagliola (n.) An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished..

Intercalate :: Intercalate (v. t.) To insert among others, as a verse in a stanza; specif. (Geol.), to introduce as a bed or stratum, between the layers of a regular series of rocks..

Uniform :: Uniform (a.) Having always the same form, manner, or degree; not varying or variable; unchanging; consistent; equable; homogenous; as, the dress of the Asiatics has been uniform from early ages; the temperature is uniform; a stratum of uniform clay..

Subject :: Subject (a.) That in which any quality, attribute, or relation, whether spiritual or material, inheres, or to which any of these appertain; substance; substratum..

Layer :: Layer (n.) That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion..

Superstruct :: Superstatum (n.) A stratum, or layer, above another..

Bed :: Bed (n.) A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc..

Underclay :: Underclay (n.) A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed, often containing the roots of coal plants, especially the Stigmaria..

Thallus :: Thallus (n.) A solid mass of cellular tissue, consisting of one or more layers, usually in the form of a flat stratum or expansion, but sometimes erect or pendulous, and elongated and branching, and forming the substance of the thallogens..

Sod :: Sod (n.) That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward..

Soil :: Soil (n.) The upper stratum of the earth; the mold, or that compound substance which furnishes nutriment to plants, or which is particularly adapted to support and nourish them..

Scaup :: Scaup (n.) A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp.

Subsoil :: Subsoil (n.) The bed, or stratum, of earth which lies immediately beneath the surface soil..

Mine :: Mine (v. t.) To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine; hence, to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means..

Girdle :: Girdle (n.) A thin bed or stratum of stone.

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